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1800 LM-2 half dime
Sam123
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Does anyone here have one ?
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I did have a couple of opportunities to bid on an 1800 LM-2 half dime. The first one was a late die coin that was well worn and really ugly. I think it ended up on the Jules Reiver collection. The second one was nice and graded VF or so.
Since I was and still am only collecting by Red Book variety I did not bid on them. Collecting early half dimes is really challenging. It's tough enough doing what I do, which has taken me 40 years. I can't imagine what it would be like chasing after four 1794s and ten 1795s, let alone the rest of them. Another problem is that I won't collect anything in less than extremely Choice Fine which makes it tougher. My "Fine-15" turned out to be a grading service VF-20.
I only have the 1802 left to go, but since the last one, which I didn't like, went for over $100 grand, I figure that one is going to be an unfulfilled dream. I was out on that one at $60,000, hammer price which shows how much I know about what those things are worth.
1800 is an interesting year for half dimes because two of the four LM varieties are R-7's. The other one is the LM-4, which I believe also has 8 known. I have handled two of these, one was an EF that is in a very nice collection, the second was an EF with a few minor issues, this coin didn't sell.
Pictures of the 1800 LM-2 in PCGS F-12, and the 1800 LM-4 in EF, are both here: Rich's Archive
An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.
You asked in your OP if anyone had an 1800 LM-2, and you have had a few responses from forum members regarding their experience with this very rare die marriage. But I have to wonder why you posed the query in the first place. Did you have a specific question regarding the 1800 LM-2? If so, I will try to help. At one time, before I sold my early (Flowing Hair and Draped Bust) half dimes, I had nice examples of all four die marriages for the 1800 half dime. As Rich Uhrich stated, this included two R7 examples, the LM-2 and LM-4, and at the time I first owned them, the LM-4 was an R8. I was privileged to own, simultaneously, all four die marriages, in uniformly matched grade. I really hated to part with them, but as often happens, collections grow and change, and sometimes we take two steps back in order to take three steps forward. Let me know if you have any specific questions that have not been answered by the other respondents.
<< <i>Try a PM to MrHalfDime. If anyone has the 1800 LM-2, it would be him.
Barndog sticks to the capped bust half dimes. Those early coins are too much $